City of Knox

In the City of Knox, 71.1% of people born overseas had access to two or more motor vehicles.

The ability of the population to access services and employment is strongly influenced by access to transport. The number of motor vehicles per household in the City of Knox quantifies access to private transport for those born overseas.

The number of motor vehicles among the overseas-born population may be influenced by a variety of factors, such as the Age Structure of that population, ability to drive and availability of other transport options (eg. public transport) in the area of residence.

Number of motor vehicles data should also be viewed in conjunction with Number of Bedrooms and Household Size, as well as atlas maps showing the location of overseas-born population, to build up the story of migrant communities in City of Knox.

Derived from the Census question:

'How many registered motor vehicles owned or used by residents of this dwelling were garaged or parked at or near this dwelling on the night of Tuesday, 9 August 2011?'

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2011 (Enumerated data) Compiled and presented by .id, the population experts.

Change in car ownership, 2006 to 2011

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2006 and 2011 (Enumerated data) Compiled and presented by .id, the population experts.

Dominant groups

Analysis of the car ownership of people born overseas in the City of Knox in 2011 compared to Greater Melbourne shows that 95.4% of people born overseas were in households that owned at least one car, while 2.9% did not, compared with 87.7% and 9.5% respectively in Greater Melbourne.

Of those that owned at least one vehicle, there was a smaller proportion that owned just one car; a larger proportion owned two cars; and a larger proportion that owned three cars or more.

Overall, 24.3% of people born overseas were in households that owned one car; 45.0% owned two cars; and 26.1% owned three cars or more, compared with 32.3%; 36.8% and 18.5% respectively for Greater Melbourne.

Emerging groups

The largest changes in household car ownership for people born overseas in the City of Knox between 2006 and 2011 were:

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